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| 1. | {For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.} God of my praise, don't remain silent, |
| 2. | for they have opened the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit against me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue. |
| 3. | They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause. |
| 4. | In return for my love, they are my adversaries; but I am in prayer. |
| 5. | They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. |
| 6. | Set a wicked man over him. Let an adversary stand at his right hand. |
| 7. | When he is judged, let him come forth guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin. |
| 8. | Let his days be few. Let another take his office. |
| 9. | Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. |
| 10. | Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins. |
| 11. | Let the creditor seize all that he has. Let strangers plunder the fruit of his labor. |
| 12. | Let there be none to extend kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children. |
| 13. | Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out. |
| 14. | Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by Yahweh. Don't let the sin of his mother be blotted out. |
| 15. | Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth; |
| 16. | because he didn't remember to show kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, the broken in heart, to kill them. |
| 17. | Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn't delight in blessing, and it was far from him. |
| 18. | He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment. It came into his inward parts like water, like oil into his bones. |
| 19. | Let it be to him as the clothing with which he covers himself, for the belt that is always around him. |
| 20. | This is the reward of my adversaries from Yahweh, of those who speak evil against my soul. |
| 21. | But deal with me, Yahweh the Lord,{The word translated "Lord" is "Adonai."} for your name's sake, because your loving kindness is good, deliver me; |
| 22. | for I am poor and needy. My heart is wounded within me. |
| 23. | I fade away like an evening shadow. I am shaken off like a locust. |
| 24. | My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat. |
| 25. | I have also become a reproach to them. When they see me, they shake their head. |
| 26. | Help me, Yahweh, my God. Save me according to your loving kindness; |
| 27. | that they may know that this is your hand; that you, Yahweh, have done it. |
| 28. | They may curse, but you bless. When they arise, they will be shamed, but your servant shall rejoice. |
| 29. | Let my adversaries be clothed with dishonor. Let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe. |
| 30. | I will give great thanks to Yahweh with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude. |
| 31. | For he will stand at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those who judge his soul. |